Celebrities born on août 20

Randeep Hooda is an Indian film actor who appears in Hindi-language films. Hooda was born in Rohtak, Haryana; he studied at the Motilal Nehru School at Sonepat, where he began acting in school productions. He later pursued a postgraduate degree in human resource management in Melbourne, Australia, and on his return to India began modelling and acting in stage productions.

Andreï Kontchalovski (en russe: Андрей Кончаловский; parfois transcrit Andrei Konchalovsky à l'anglo-saxonne, du fait de sa carrière hollywoodienne), né Andreï Sergueïevitch Mikhalkov (en russe: Андрей Сергеевич Михалков) le 20 août 1937 à Moscou, est un scénariste, réalisateur, producteur, acteur et compositeur russe. Né dans une famille d'intellectuels et d'artistes, Andreï Mikhalkov prend comme pseudonyme le nom de son grand-père maternel, le peintre Piotr Kontchalovski. Il est le fils de l'écrivain Sergueï Mikhalkov, et le frère du cinéaste Nikita Mikhalkov. Se destinant à une carrière de pianiste, il étudie dix ans durant au Conservatoire de Moscou. Sa rencontre en 1960 avec Andreï Tarkovski, avec qui il coécrit plusieurs scénarios (Le Rouleau compresseur et le Violon, L'Enfance d'Ivan, Andreï Roublev), l'oriente vers le cinéma. Il signe par la suite une trentaine de scénarios. Il est l'auteur entre autres de la série racontant les aventures du tchékiste Tchadiarov La Fin de l'ataman (Chaken Aïmanov, 1970) et Transsibérien (Eldor Ourazbaïev, 1977), mettant en vedette Assanali Achimov. Son premier long-métrage, Le Premier Maître (1964) reçoit un accueil favorable en Union soviétique et est projeté dans de nombreux festivals internationaux. Son deuxième film, Le Bonheur d'Assia (1967), est censuré par les autorités soviétiques, car la peinture trop réaliste de la misère paysanne ne correspondait pas à la vision officielle des kolkhozes. Sorti vingt ans plus tard, le film sera considéré comme son chef-d'œuvre. Cinéaste prolifique, Kontchalovski se tourne alors vers l'adaptation de classiques russes, Tourgueniev et Tchekhov, avant de réaliser la fresque épique Sibériade qui remporte un succès d'estime ainsi que le prix spécial du jury au Festival de Cannes 1979, rendant possible son exil aux États-Unis en 1980. Ses réalisations hollywoodiennes les plus populaires sont Runaway Train (1985) - sur un scénario original de Kurosawa - et Tango et Cash (1989) avec Sylvester Stallone et Kurt Russell. Kontchalovski retourne s'établir en Russie dans les années 1990, bien qu'il continue à produire des films historiques pour la télévision américaine (L'Odyssée en 1997, Le Lion en hiver en 2003). En Russie, il tourne Le Cercle des intimes (1991) qui met en scène le projectionniste de Staline et pose la question de la collusion avec le totalitarisme, puis Riaba ma poule (1994) où l'on retrouve les personnages du Bonheur d'Assia dans la Russie post-soviétique. Son long-métrage La Maison de fous (2002), décrivant la vie d'un asile psychiatrique en Tchétchénie, lui vaut le Grand prix du jury à la Mostra de Venise. Il obtient ensuite le Lion d'argent du meilleur réalisateur pour Les Nuits blanches du facteur (2014), narrant la vie d'un facteur qui est le seul lien entre les habitants d'un village reculé de Russie et le monde extérieur. En 2016, il reçoit de nouveau cette récompense pour le film Paradis. Son long-métrage Chers Camarades! (2020), qui évoque une grève réprimée violemment par le régime soviétique avant d'être, pendant des décennies, effacée de l'histoire officielle, remporte un prix spécial de jury à la Mostra de Venise 2020 et le Silver Hugo du meilleur réalisateur au Festival international du film de Chicago. ... Source: Article "Andreï Kontchalovski" de Wikipédia en français, soumis à la licence CC-BY-SA 3.0.

English comedian, actor, writer, and TV personality.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia André Morell (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978; sometimes credited as Andre Morell) was a British actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the BBC Television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59), and as Doctor Watson in the Hammer Film Productions version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959), in several of Hammer's well-known horror films throughout the 1960s and in the acclaimed ITV historical drama The Caesars (1968). His obituary in The Times newspaper described him as possessing a "commanding presence with a rich, responsive voice... whether in the classical or modern theatre he was authoritative and dependable." Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

Al Roker (born August 20, 1954) is an American television meteorologist as well as an actor and book author. He is best known as being the weather anchor on NBC's Today. On Monday, July 20, 2009, he began co-hosting his new morning show, Wake Up with Al, on The Weather Channel, which airs weekdays from 6am to 7am ET, one hour earlier than Today. He holds an expired American Meteorological Society Television Seal, #238. He is the author of a murder mystery, entitled The Morning Show Murders, about a celebrity chef and morning television show host drawn into international intrigue and mayhem. Description above from the Wikipedia article Al Roker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Hwang Geum-hee is a South Korean actress. Previously known by her stage name Ji Sung-won, Hwang began using her real name professionally in August 2013. Her most notable work is the critically acclaimed horror film Bedevilled. Wikipedia

Madeleine Martin is a Swedish actress. In fall 2009, Martin starred as Cleo in Sveriges Television's Web series Riverside. Since then, she has starred in the short film The Art of Breaking Up, and in the film Studio Sex, which is one of the many films about the character Annika Bengtzon, in which she portrayed the bartender Patricia. Martin has a role in the film Easy Money II: Hard to Kill (2012), in which she portrayed the character Nadja. She reprised the role in the sequel Easy Money III: Life Deluxe (2013). In 2014, she portrayed the character Fatima in Sveriges Television's Christmas calendar Piratskattens hemlighet. Madeleine Martin is sister to actor and director Philip Martin.

William Frederick "Fred" Durst (born August 20, 1970) is an American rapper, singer, director, producer and actor, well known as the frontman of the band Limp Bizkit. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Durst, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Colin Alexander Cunningham (born 1966) is an American television and film actor. Cunningham is best known for his roles as John Pope in the TNT science fiction series Falling Skies and as Major/Lt.Col Paul Davis on Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Öykü Karayel was born in Istanbul in 1990 with her single twin brother Ezgi. Cemberlitas Girls High School graduated. When she was in her final year of high school, she received a short training at the Kenter Theater academy and then in 2007 she entered the Theater Department of the University of Istanbul Conservatory. While at the Conservatory, she went to London to study theater with a five-month exchange program. While she was a conservator student, she started playing the role of Ayse in "Güzel Seyler Bizim Tarafta", written and directed by Berkun Oya in 2010 at the Theater Krek. Her first professional experience was "Ayse" in the play "Güzel Seyler Bizim Tarafta", 16th Sadri Alisik Cinema and Theater Awards, "Efes Special Award" and "Theater Critics Association Young Talent Award". Between the years 2011-2013, she played with "Kivanç Tatlitug, Bugra Gülsoy, Bade Isçil, Merve Bolugur, Mustafa Avkiran, Zerrin Tekindor, Hale Soygazi and Kaan Tasaner in the series "Kuzey Güney". Öykü Karayel is also a certified underwater diving expert. Öykü was starred in the Turkish show Muhtesem Yuzyil: Kosem.She also bagged a Turkish film in the year 2015 by the name Bulanti. This was a story based on the life of Ahmet who has to struggle the loss of his beloved wife and son. Öykü played a key role in the film that had Zeki Demirkubuz , Sebnem Hassanisoughi and Öykü in the lead roles. Öykü is fond of dancing and spending time with her family. She is also a travel enthusiast and is known among her co stars as a warm person.

David Owen Russell (born August 20, 1958) is an American film director and screenwriter. He has been praised for the loose, comic energy that characterizes his work, and is notorious for his explosive confrontations with cast members. He has won 2 Independent Spirit Awards for writing and directing as well as the Audience Award at Sundance, and a Writers Guild of America Award. Russell was awarded Best First Screenplay and Best First Feature from the Independent Spirit Awards for his first work, the independent dark comedy “Spanking the Monkey” (1994).  In addition, the film won him the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. His work in the early 2010s, "The Fighter" (2010), "Silver Linings Playbook" (2012) and "American Hustle" (2013), was highly critically acclaimed, with each film racking up multiple Academy Award nominations, including for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, and Editing. The films had their best success in the acting categories, however, with Christian Bale and Melissa Leo winning the Supporting Actor & Actress Oscars for "The Fighter," and Jennifer Lawrence winning the award for Best Actress in "Silver Linings Playbook." In December 2011, Russell's 19-year-old transgender niece, Nicole Peloquin, filed a police report alleging Russell had sexually assaulted her. The case was closed without any charges being filed because the alleged assault had no witnesses. According to the police report, Russell offered to help Peloquin with abdominal exercises, during which his hand hovered above her genitals. After inquiring about the hormones she used to increase breast size, Russell slipped his hands under her shirt and felt both breasts. Russell confirmed that the incident happened, but told police that Peloquin was "acting very provocative toward him" and invited him to feel her breasts. He also admitted to being "curious about the breast enhancement." This incident was also directly mentioned in the 2014 Sony Pictures hack.

Stelvio Cipriani studied piano and harmony at Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. In 1957 he started playing light music, being the pianist of important singers such as Rita Pavone. In USA he studied jazz with Dave Brubeck. In 1966 he was called by Cam to compose his first soundtrack: The Bounty Killer, a film directed by Tomas Milian. After the good success, he was asked to compose other soundtracks, among which was A Man, A Horse And A Gun in 1967, which was recorded in the same year by Henry Mancini. Worldwide fame, however, came in 1970, when he composed the score for Anonymous Venetian. This score was a hit all over the world, receiving all the major awards, and is still considered one of the most famous Italian soundtracks. Another very important soundtrack is Tentacles, an American film interpreted by John Huston, Shelley Winters and Henry Fonda. Stelvio Cipriani has composed over 200 film scores, still continuing his activity.

James Wesley Marsters (born August 20, 1962) is an American actor and musician. Marsters first came to the attention of the general public playing the popular character Spike, a platinum-blond English vampire in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off series, Angel from 1997 to 2004. Since then, he has gone on to play other science fiction roles, such as the alien supervillain Brainiac on the Superman-inspired series Smallville, the omnisexual time traveller Captain John Hart in British science-fiction show Torchwood and terrorist Barnabas Greeley in Syfy's Caprica. In 2007, Marsters appeared in a supporting role in the mainstream movie P.S. I Love You and as the main antagonist, Piccolo, in the 2009 fantasy adventure film Dragonball Evolution. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Marsters, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Laura Donnelly is an actress from Northern Ireland. She made her on-screen debut in 2005 in the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush, where she featured as a love interest of the female protagonist in two episodes.Wikipedia